Weekend Reads Have you been trying to find that perfect easy dress that will go from summer weekend casual to business casual office in the fall? How about if it’s on sale? Do you remember me raving about this wrap dress from Universal Standard? Well, the Tiered Twirl Wrap dress is part of the Universal… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #207
Folks are all up in arms because Instagram has come out with a few “heartfelt” videos lately sharing how the platform is changing and how they supposedly still respect photographs which is what the platform was made for originally. But really what Adam Mosseri said is Instagram is going to turn everything into a Reel… Continue Reading Little Ditty About Instagram, A Predatory Social App in the Heartland
Weekend Reads Style, like wisdom, gets better with age. (Bazaar) Why do moms tend to manage the household scheduling? (New York Times) After Roe’s repeal, CVS told pharmacists to withhold certain prescriptions. (The New Republic) The liberating power of solo travel and “microfreedoms”. (Jumble & Flow) Newspapers are dying? This digital media veteran launched one anyway.… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #206
This post was originally written in December 2016 in preparation for the first Women’s March which took place in winter. Since then, we as citizens of the United States have had several reasons to continue marching and protesting. I have since updated this post to be a valuable resource for anyone who is attending a… Continue Reading What to Wear to a Protest March
I know I’m not the only one feeling the effects of a 24/7 news cycle, a tragedy happening every day, a need to protest and fight every week. Scared to feel numb over another shooting, scared to feel tired over a political act, and becoming hella cynical about everything and everyone. I knew the only… Continue Reading What I Learned from Two Weeks off the Internet
As I mentioned in Saturday’s Weekend Reads, I am taking a break from work and all media starting tomorrow (Saturday) and won’t return to my computer until July 11th. I can’t think of a single time in all these 17 years of blogging that I have ever taken a complete break from Wardrobe Oxygen. Even… Continue Reading Taking a Social media Break
Weekend Reads What is Juneteenth? (PBS) The Juneteenth flag, explained. (Vox) White parents rallied to chase a Black educator out of town. Then, they followed her to the next one. (ProPublica) Lizzo removes “harmful” word from her new song “Grrrls” following ableism criticism. (AV Club) I heard it was coming but now it’s official… Revlon… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #204
Weekend Reads On May 19th, I did a webinar with ChloeDigital, a digital strategy and WordPress support company specifically for bloggers. I have been with ChloeDigital for several years and was honored to chat with Jamila Ali (my manager at CD) about my business. I got very honest talking about how I started blogging, when… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #202
This past weekend, I filled out forms to have my daughter transfer from homeschool to middle school next year. We homeschooled her this year because we were concerned about covid. We didn’t even think about guns, even though she did regular active shooter drills in elementary school. I have nothing poignant to say after that.… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #201